2019 Banking Deforestation 
Circle of Blue
JANUARY 31, 2022
Jakarta, Indonesia in 2019. A new report from the World Bank found that the majority of Indonesia’s population is exposed to water pollution, while only 12 percent of people have access to safe water. A new report from the World Bank quantifies the crisis. Carl Ganter / Circle of Blue. There is a silver lining, though.
Legal Planet
MARCH 15, 2022
Tropical deforestation is estimated to cause more climate warming emissions than the global transportation sector , and deforestation rates have increased despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Find more information on the 12 th Annual Meeting of the GCF Task Force here. Background on the GCF Task Force.
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A Greener Life
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
The programme has ruled out using funds from the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), as the lender has been closing its doors to financing coal-fired plants since 2018. billion in energy projects in Brazil between 2005 and 2019, according to data from Boston University’s Global Policy Development Center.
A Greener Life
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
On-the-ground research in states like West Bengal suggests that weak regulation and enforcement mechanisms allow deforestation to continue apace – in contrast to the rosy picture painted by the government. Banks fall in line to finance coal It seems that banks have also been drawn into India’s push for coal production expansion.
Our Environment
MAY 21, 2021
For example, the rate of deforestation in indigenous territories has increased to 71% since the Brazilian president Jair Bolsanro was elected [4]. In 2019 over two thirds of environmental activists murdered were from Latin America [5]. 5) Global witness (December 2020) – Beef, Banks and the Brazilian Amazon: [link].
HumanNature
APRIL 17, 2023
1: Floodplain wood on the banks of the Embarrass River, Illinois. Earth Surf Process Landf 44 , 624–640 (2019). Wood was historically removed from rivers for transportation (think the Mississippi River), infrastructure, and safety, but we now know that the removal of wood can significantly alter river corridors. Gurnell, J. &
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 10, 2019
United Nations General Debate – New York, September 24, 2019. Furthermore, the mass-burning of the Amazon rainforest is emitting incredible amounts of carbon, multiplying the effect of deforestation by. World Bank estimate; UNICEF estimate is 32%), with rural poverty twice as high as urban poverty. contributing.
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